Tortillas De Madre art print by Nancy Griswold. Our prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.

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Fine Art America is one of the largest, most-respected giclee printing companies in the world with over 40 years of experience producing museum-quality prints. All of our prints are produced on state-of-the-art, professional-grade Epson printers.

We use acid-free papers and canvases with archival inks to guarantee that your prints last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. Paper prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting. Canvas prints include a 2.5" white border to allow for future stretching on stretcher bars.

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Artist's Description

3/2/2017 Featured in 1000 Views on 1 Image group on Fine Art America.com
When I was painting this and doing research for this painting I was thinking of the Mother of my boyfriend. She was undoubtedly was the head of her family; The "Madre". She made terrific authentic Mexican dishes. My boyfriend told me stories of her youth and it is from his memories and stories I came to paint his family. It now hangs in Rosorita MX in one of her sons home.
The boys were brought up under her attentions, were taught to cook and do household chores as she anticipated they may remain without wives and they had to learn to fend for themselves.
My boyfriend told me of all the traditional cooking skills he had learned from his mother in Mexico City. One was making tamales, sopas and tortillas from scratch using corn masa.
This was painted in spirit for the impressions I had of this strong, loving and firm woman called "Madre" with an imaginary composition depicting a loving relationship with her...

About Nancy Griswold

See www.ngartsite.com for an overview of my art endeavors over the years.
Original oil paintings are for sale and shown framed on my online oil painting gallery at:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/NGARTSITE
My facebook with a page titled: Nancy Griswold - Fine Artist, please "like" for recent work and postings.
I still teach oil painting privates and small groups. My passion for art history continues and I am a member of www.PaintThe Parks.com
Eight slide shows of my artworks. Be sure to CLICK FULL screen icon in bottom right of the show.
All of my art is now available Note Cards, High Quality Prints & Framed Prints. Cards can be imprinted free. Just click on any image to order..
Be sure to see all the many galleries...

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